Michael Reagan’s Surprise Shift: Why He’s Now Defending Donald Trump
For years, Michael Reagan—the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan—was one of Donald Trump’s most vocal conservative critics. He endorsed other candidates, distanced himself from Trump’s style, and often pushed back when people compared the former president to his father.
But recently, that narrative has taken a sharp turn. In a public post that caught many by surprise, Michael Reagan urged fellow conservatives to stop using his father’s legacy to discredit Trump. “Yes, my father spoke about tariffs when he was president… but that was 40 years ago,” Reagan wrote. “It’s a different time with a different president